Crime

Man in officer-involved shooting was shot 4 times

The 43-year-old man who was shot and critically wounded by a Milwaukee police sergeant on Thursday after the man shot and wounded his girlfriend has been released from the hospital, police said Friday.

Authorities are still investigating the officer-involved shooting, which occurred about noon Thursday in the 5200 block of N. 45th St. Police said the man had threatened to shoot his 44-year-old girlfriend, children and other family members. When two sergeants attempted to negotiate with him, he shot the woman, police said. One of the sergeants, a 45-year-old man who has been with the department for 18 years, then shot the man. In the process, the girlfriend and a family member of the suspect were also injured, according to police.

"Our investigation shows that the sergeant fired his duty weapon four times, striking the armed suspect with each round," Milwaukee police Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer said in a statement Friday. "The cause of the injury to the 65-year-old family member who was trying to intervene in the domestic violence incident remains under investigation, however it is likely that one of the rounds fired by the sergeant went through the suspect, striking the family member in the arm."

The girlfriend and the family member have also been released from the hospital, police said Friday.

The man is in custody and the investigation will be referred to the Milwaukee County district attorney's office in the coming days, Stanmeyer said.

The sergeant remains on administrative duty pending the results of the district attorney office's investigation, which is standard operating procedure.